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by Tim Girvin | Cool People, General, Retail, Storytelling | Jan 28, 2008
I’d met Trish May, the foundress of Athena, several years ago — perhaps closer to a half decade now, considering our history in partnering on her business launch. She was a Microsoft executive with some serious international business strategy and marketing... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Storytelling | Jul 18, 2013
Billboarding, postering the story in the story in the story. [Imagery from PSFK] We’ve designed dozens of posters, an earlier legacy of work. But we love this Black Sabbath promotion, pointed out by Daniela Walker and “DaBitch.” As Daniela notes,... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Motion Pictures | Jul 16, 2013
In the Journey, who is your companion? Who is your guardian, your guide, your icon, your shepherding guide? Me? Raven and crow, telling. We’ve noted in an earlier blog study, that we’ve been involved in the Lone Ranger, as designers, in the past —... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Jun 13, 2013
THE DELICACY OF SOUND, VOICING THE STORY, AN UNKNOWN TELLING — PURE SOUND. The most powerful point of sensuality, will be about love, and the intimacy of connection — the closer you are to feeling, the more intimate the power of that sharing. I was... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Storytelling | Apr 19, 2013
While I was walking in the woods, the ancient layers told me their stories. [Image above by Justin Kern, altered by Dawn Clark, AIA, LEED AP] When I was young, in NY, my parents took me to the New York City Museum of Natural History [AMNS.] This was a whim reaching to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Cool People, Storytelling | Mar 8, 2013
The writing of the eternal return: the perpetual script of spinning time When you contemplate the road forward, there’s a chance to look back, the path that brought you to where you are. [image above, from http://mattgirvin.org/] It’s difficult work, when... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Artists, Cool People, Motion Pictures | Sep 21, 2012
The heart and soul of Crows, People, Cityscape and Poetry: Tokyo Waka | A film KRISTINE SAMUELSON + JOHN HAPTAS image from Waka The Kaw-Call of the Crow | Tokyo. Who couldn’t forget this call? Tokyo CROWCALL: Wakaaaa! The character of Waka might relate more to... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Trends | Oct 1, 2012
RETHINKING ANCIENT DESIGN — REMADE NOW, NEW. I’m interested in the idea of old [even ancient] design strategies rethought, to new principles of action. My own history is about scouring and memorizing 2,500 years of alphabetic history, and dreaming new... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, Trends | Sep 28, 2012
Could it be that FOMO is really tribal disconnection? Ever been proud that you didn’t know what was going on? Been happy that you had no clue about the newest big deal in your community? Pleased that you had no word on the hottest gossip? For some, the idea of... Read More
by Tim Girvin | Concepts, General, Storytelling | Apr 16, 2012
Time ticks as you walk in the dark, emerging or failing light — and you realize that your true reliable momentum measure is the sound of your heels — moment to moment: pavement, gravel, pea, grass, chipped woods, snow and ice. Each, a rhythm, a story. Here... Read More
